Amelia Island Concours

Feature Article from Hemmings Motor News

After 18 years of incredible growth, the Amelia Island Concours just very well might be the most popular concours weekend in the country. We say weekend because now with two auctions--RM and Gooding--and the nearby Festival of Speed event, this automotive spectacular begins on Friday and goes almost nonstop for three full days.

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The expansive golf course at the Ritz Carlton in northern Florida makes for an ideal setting, with plenty of room to display the more than 250 collector cars that take part in this incredible show every year. Most importantly, the car owners are friendly and approachable, making for a relaxed and welcoming event--the kind that makes you want to go back year after year.
This year, there were several special tributes, including the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911, the Corvette Sting Ray, Ford GT40, the cars of Harry Miller, Ducati motorcycles and special honoree Sam Posey, who jumpstarted the concours by driving his old Caldwell D7 race car onto the show field.
The Amelia Island Concours is one of those must-attend events that every car enthusiast has to visit at least once in his lifetime. Next year's concours will take place on March 7-9; as always, proceeds will benefit the Community Hospice of Northeast Florida. For ticket information, go to: www.ameliaislandconcours.org.

This article originally appeared in the July, 2013 issue of Hemmings Motor News.